Mucilage-bottle.



No. 67|,I7I. Patented Apr. 2, |901. W. S. RUSSELL.

` MUCILAGE BOTTLE.

(Application led Nov. 24, 1900.)

(In Model.)

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NIUCILAGE-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 671,171, dated April 2, 1901.

Application led November 24, 1900. Serial No. 37,593. (No model.)

1b all whom t muy concern:

Beit known that I, WINFIELD S. RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mucilage-Bottles, of which the following is a full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to mucilage-bottles of that class embodying a central or fountain tube; and it vhas for its object to provide a simple, cheap, readily-constructed, and perfectlyoperating device of this character which will be tightlysealed during transpor tation and prior to use and which can be speedily opened and the brush-forming part of the device be employed to withdraw the mucilage in such small quant-ities as desired--a construction, moreover, whereby the bottle cannot be used again as a fountain mucilage-bottle after once withdrawing the contents, and yet can be so cheaply constructed as to make it commercially practical to throw the same away and of which the brush portion will embody certain other advantageous features of construction.

With these ends in view the invention consists in the construction and operation of parts hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which like reference characters denote like parts in the several views, Figure l is a centralyertical section of the bottle portionof myinvention stoppered or sealed prior to use. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of my entire invention, the bottle being partially in elevation, the stopper being removed and the brush portion thereof inserted. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the sealing-cap which secures the device in position.

In the practice of my invention I construct a bottle A of any approved pattern, prefer* ably substantially as shown in the drawings, the same comprising a main body portion with a contracted neck. The neck A is provided with the usual exterior annular flange A2. Within the neck A', I fit a cylindrical tube B, of any desired material, and provided at the top with an outwardly-projecting annular iiange B', beneath which and upon the inner edge of the bottle-neck I insert a rubber Washer C. The length of the tube B is just suiicient to leave a space between its lower end and the bottom of the bottle, so as to allow a proper amount of mucilage constantly to remain beneath the same within the edge of the said tube.

Upon the outside of the bottle, externally of the flange A'f2 and the liange B of theinner metallic tube, I secure a ring or collar D, made of any desired metal, from the top of which projects inwardly an annular flange D', extending over the flange B of the cylindrical tube B beyond the inner edge thereof. This flange D' is struck up at intervals to form vertical projections or lugs D2, which, as best shown in Fig. 3, range in circular series.

The lower edge of the ring or collar D is turned inwardly to form an annular flange D3, which projects beneath the iiange of the bottle-neck. In practice the ring or collar is formed with the upper annular flange D' and the projecting lugs D2 and placed upon the top of the bottle, whereupon the lia-nge D3 is turned inwardly by any suitable mechanical means, whereby the tube B will be sealed tightly in the bottle to prevent the egress of Huid or the ingress of air thereto around the outside of the tube.

I provide two means of stopping the tubeone for transport-ation and the other for actual and general use. The first means embodya small thin disk of cork E, which is inserted in the tube B approximately at the bottom thereof. \Vher1 it is desired to use the bottle, this is pushed in by any suitable implement and pressed to one side,whereupon it will float upwardly to the upper level of the fluid, as shown in Fig. 2. There ist hen inserted in the bottle a brush comprising a wooden block F, solidand preferably cylindrical in form, provided with a flat upper face F' and upon its under surface with a cup'- shaped depression F2, centrally of which is a cylindrical integral projection F3, upon which is secured the metallic brush-tube G, the lower end whereof carries the brush fibers Gr.

It will be observed that the block F fits upon the upper edge of the flange D of the ring D and closes the tube B, and that in this position the brush will project into the m uci- IOO lage sufficiently to obtain with each removal of the brush the proper amount of mucilage. When the brush is removed it may be stood upon its fiat face or head F', and any nlucilage dropping from the brush will fall into the cup-shaped depression F2. The vertical projections D2 will operate to prevent the lateral displacement of the brush and also to guide it to the normal central position, wherein it will close or seal the aperture or mouth of the tube B, and the edge of the flange D will forma scraper for wiping off any surplus m ucilage from the brush.

It will further be observed that this bottle operates on the fountain principle, in that the main body of the fluid is not exposed to the air, and only the siight portion ofthe same u nder and within the tube is presented to the brush. When the bottle has been emptied, it cannot be refilled and used as a fountain mucilage-bottle by reason of the securing of the tube to the bottle-neck by means of the immovable flanged ring D.

The advantages of my invention will be readily understood by all those who are conversant with the particular class of devices to which it appertains, and it will be seen that the bottle is simple, cheap, and peculiarly effective for the purposes intended.

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fountain mucilage bottle provided with a central tube extending to a point ininiediately above the bottom of the bottle, and provided ther-eat with a stopper adapted to be removed from said tube; means for sealing the tube permanently and immovably to the neck of the bottle, the said sealing means embodying` a washer and an unremovable ring or collar secured to the neck of the bottle and engaging the tube and a brush embodying means for closing the mouth of the tube, after the lower end thereof has been opened.

2. A fountain mucilage -bottle provided with a central tube extending to a point immediately above the bottom of the bottle, and provided thereat with a stopper adapted to be removed from said tube; means for sealing the tube permanently and immovably to the neck of the bottle, and a brush embody- 1ng means for closing the mouth of the tube after the lower end thereof has been opened; the upper portion of the said brush being` of a form adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the tube, and the said upper edge being provided with means for guidingand preventing lateral displacement of the said brush.

3. A fountain mncilage bottle provided with a contracted neck havingan exterior annular flange thereon, a central metallic tube, the upper portion whereof projects over the top of the bottle-neck and the body Whereof extends through the bottle to a point near the bottom thereof; aring or collar surrounding the iiange of the bottle and having its lower portion turned in around and beneath the said flange whereby permanently to secure the device to the bottle, and provided at its upper edge with inwardly-projecting means for engaging the upper portion of the central tube; a brush embodying a head adapted to rest upon and close the mouth of the said central tube; and means upon the inwardly-project-ing portion of the ring or collar for guiding and preventing the displace- Ament of the brush.

4. A fountain mucilage bottle provided with a contracted neck having an exterior annular flange thereon, a central metallic tube provided with a horizontal annular flange projecting over the top of the bottle-neck, and the body whereof extends through the bottle to a point near the bottom thereof; a ring or collar surrounding the flange of the bottle and having its lower portion turned in around and beneath the said flange whereby permanently to secure the device to the bottle and provided at its upper edge with an inwardlyprojecting annular flange which engages the upper portion of the central tube; a brush embodying a block adapted to close the mouth of the said central tube; and a circular series of vertical projections struck up from the iiange of the ring or collar and adapted to guide and prevent the displacement of the brush.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 22d day of November, 1900.

IVINFIELD S. RUSSELL.

Vitnesses:

F. A. STEWART, M. K. Lot/VERRE.

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